Via Humilitatis Agendo: St. Augustine’s Sacramental Theology of Preaching

Abstract

Given that most scholars focus on St. Augustine’s larger treatises, this article explores how the African Bishop preached to an audience of fishermen and farmers in rural North Africa. This article emphasizes how St. Augustine demonstrated the Via Humilitatis found in Christ for his audience. It thus shows why St. Augustine’s preaching looked so different from that of the modern day in addition to uncovering his theology of a sacramental encounter with the Humble Word in preaching.